A thought, if croatia is about to go eurofighters, perhaps a deal can be made with Germans for 52 leopard 2A4, Croatia needs NATO standard tank quite soon, and if offset is agreed, perhaps 52 leopards could be part of 140% offset deal, its a hard bargain, but recession is on .

If Croatia goes for leopard 2, than modernization of m84A4 would no longer be necessary (savings in region of 210 million euros), instead leopard a4's could be upgraded to a A6 standard or even A7 sometimes after 2015.

84M84 tanks could be transfered to a merchandised reserve brigade in Sisak. Also Croatia could get some Marder 2 IFV's as an interim solution for lack-of adequate IFV and 128 M80A1 instead of upgrade moved to reserve status along with the M84A4 tanks.

Germany would offload Marder 2 and Leo 2 vehicles for next to nothing, all inked in to a offseat deal.

This would free large portion of budget from upgrades and concentrate on what is needed, new APCs, new light APC's, new artillery system, new naval units and warships as well as new fighters and helicopters. my two cents,